Symmetric silicon microring resonator optical crossbar array for accelerated inference and training in deep learning

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Autori principali: Tang, Rui, Ohno, Shuhei, Tanizawa, Ken, Ikeda, Kazuhiro, Okano, Makoto, Toprasertpong, Kasidit, Takagi, Shinichi, Takenaka, Mitsuru
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Tang, Rui
Ohno, Shuhei
Tanizawa, Ken
Ikeda, Kazuhiro
Okano, Makoto
Toprasertpong, Kasidit
Takagi, Shinichi
Takenaka, Mitsuru
author_facet Tang, Rui
Ohno, Shuhei
Tanizawa, Ken
Ikeda, Kazuhiro
Okano, Makoto
Toprasertpong, Kasidit
Takagi, Shinichi
Takenaka, Mitsuru
contents Photonic integrated circuits are emerging as a promising platform for accelerating matrix multiplications in deep learning, leveraging the inherent parallel nature of light. Although various schemes have been proposed and demonstrated to realize such photonic matrix accelerators, the in-situ training of artificial neural networks using photonic accelerators remains challenging due to the difficulty of direct on-chip backpropagation on a photonic chip. In this work, we propose a silicon microring resonator (MRR) optical crossbar array with a symmetric structure that allows for simple on-chip backpropagation, potentially enabling the acceleration of both the inference and training phases of deep learning. We demonstrate a $4 \times 4$ circuit on a Si-on-insulator (SOI) platform and use it to perform inference tasks of a simple neural network for classifying Iris flowers, achieving a classification accuracy of 93.3%. Subsequently, we train the neural network using simulated on-chip backpropagation and achieve an accuracy of 91.1% in the same inference task after training. Furthermore, we simulate a convolutional neural network (CNN) for handwritten digit recognition, using a $9 \times 9$ MRR crossbar array to perform the convolution operations. This work contributes to the realization of compact and energy-efficient photonic accelerators for deep learning.
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spellingShingle Symmetric silicon microring resonator optical crossbar array for accelerated inference and training in deep learning
Tang, Rui
Ohno, Shuhei
Tanizawa, Ken
Ikeda, Kazuhiro
Okano, Makoto
Toprasertpong, Kasidit
Takagi, Shinichi
Takenaka, Mitsuru
Emerging Technologies
Optics
Photonic integrated circuits are emerging as a promising platform for accelerating matrix multiplications in deep learning, leveraging the inherent parallel nature of light. Although various schemes have been proposed and demonstrated to realize such photonic matrix accelerators, the in-situ training of artificial neural networks using photonic accelerators remains challenging due to the difficulty of direct on-chip backpropagation on a photonic chip. In this work, we propose a silicon microring resonator (MRR) optical crossbar array with a symmetric structure that allows for simple on-chip backpropagation, potentially enabling the acceleration of both the inference and training phases of deep learning. We demonstrate a $4 \times 4$ circuit on a Si-on-insulator (SOI) platform and use it to perform inference tasks of a simple neural network for classifying Iris flowers, achieving a classification accuracy of 93.3%. Subsequently, we train the neural network using simulated on-chip backpropagation and achieve an accuracy of 91.1% in the same inference task after training. Furthermore, we simulate a convolutional neural network (CNN) for handwritten digit recognition, using a $9 \times 9$ MRR crossbar array to perform the convolution operations. This work contributes to the realization of compact and energy-efficient photonic accelerators for deep learning.
title Symmetric silicon microring resonator optical crossbar array for accelerated inference and training in deep learning
topic Emerging Technologies
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16072